Beijing Complains as Netherlands Restricts Exports of Advanced Chipmaking Machines

The two machines added to the Dutch control list have already been subject to U.S. export control for almost a year.
Beijing Complains as Netherlands Restricts Exports of Advanced Chipmaking Machines
A smartphone displays an ASML logo in this illustration, taken on Feb. 28, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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China’s ruling communist party expressed discontent on Sept. 7 after the Netherlands updated its export control rules to include two more advanced chipmaking machines by the Dutch company ASML.

The photolithography machines, ASML’s TWINSCAN NXT:1970i and 1980i DUV immersion lithography systems, have already been subject to U.S. export control for almost a year.